Katarina Šprem
@geokate.bsky.social
Geoarchaeologist, lithic specialist, amateur astronomer, science fiction lover.
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Katarina Šprem
@geokate.bsky.social
· Nov 15
Hi 👋🏼 I'm an archeologist from Croatia who primarily deals with lithic analysis and raw material analysis. Got my PhD two years ago, now I'm an independent researcher trying to score a postdoc. Wish me luck. 🤞🏼
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#OnThisDay - 26 April - in AD 121 Marcus Aurelius Antoninus was born. He would rule as Roman Emperor AD 161-180, being judged the last of the so-called 'Five Good Emperors'. #AncientHistory 🏺
Image: RIC III Marcus Aurelius 183; Münzkabinett Berlin (18208908). Link - numismatics.org/ocre/id/ric....
Image: RIC III Marcus Aurelius 183; Münzkabinett Berlin (18208908). Link - numismatics.org/ocre/id/ric....
April 26, 2025 at 7:23 AM
#OnThisDay - 26 April - in AD 121 Marcus Aurelius Antoninus was born. He would rule as Roman Emperor AD 161-180, being judged the last of the so-called 'Five Good Emperors'. #AncientHistory 🏺
Image: RIC III Marcus Aurelius 183; Münzkabinett Berlin (18208908). Link - numismatics.org/ocre/id/ric....
Image: RIC III Marcus Aurelius 183; Münzkabinett Berlin (18208908). Link - numismatics.org/ocre/id/ric....
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there aren't any words for how much I hate the people doing this. I wish every harm upon them, it is right and just to pray for such harm
April 1, 2025 at 8:41 PM
there aren't any words for how much I hate the people doing this. I wish every harm upon them, it is right and just to pray for such harm
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Please keep this in the public eye. It's very difficult to work with individual stories, but the director has a name. Horrible, as always. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/m...
Oscar-winning Palestinian director attacked by Israeli settlers and arrested
No Other Land’s Hamdan Ballal attacked by armed settlers in West Bank and handed to Israeli military, witnesses say
www.theguardian.com
March 24, 2025 at 9:51 PM
Please keep this in the public eye. It's very difficult to work with individual stories, but the director has a name. Horrible, as always. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/m...
Reading about prehistory in the morning, talking about supplements in the afternoon. A day in the life of an independent researcher.
March 24, 2025 at 11:20 AM
Reading about prehistory in the morning, talking about supplements in the afternoon. A day in the life of an independent researcher.
I spent Sunday documenting and sampling Roman quarries on the Veli Brijun island in Brijuni National Park just west of Pula, Croatia. It was lovely spending a day outside. It's also lovely getting back to archaeology.
#archaeology #romanquarries #brijuni
#archaeology #romanquarries #brijuni
March 11, 2025 at 10:59 AM
I spent Sunday documenting and sampling Roman quarries on the Veli Brijun island in Brijuni National Park just west of Pula, Croatia. It was lovely spending a day outside. It's also lovely getting back to archaeology.
#archaeology #romanquarries #brijuni
#archaeology #romanquarries #brijuni
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Open this image up fully.
Look to the top right.
That's Phobos, one of the moons of Mars.
And that bright point of light?
Earth.
Look to the top right.
That's Phobos, one of the moons of Mars.
And that bright point of light?
Earth.
March 1, 2025 at 10:17 PM
Open this image up fully.
Look to the top right.
That's Phobos, one of the moons of Mars.
And that bright point of light?
Earth.
Look to the top right.
That's Phobos, one of the moons of Mars.
And that bright point of light?
Earth.
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#BlueskyResistance #Voices4Victory #ProudBlur
Advertisement at a London bus stop. Ya gotta love the British…
Advertisement at a London bus stop. Ya gotta love the British…
February 24, 2025 at 2:58 PM
#BlueskyResistance #Voices4Victory #ProudBlur
Advertisement at a London bus stop. Ya gotta love the British…
Advertisement at a London bus stop. Ya gotta love the British…
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For #ToxologyTuesday an archer from Tell Halaf, Syria, dating to the Iron Age c. 1200-900 BC. My photos of 2014 at the British Museum. I don't know if they are shooting the lion or riding it! @british-museum.bsky.social 🏺
February 18, 2025 at 4:10 PM
For #ToxologyTuesday an archer from Tell Halaf, Syria, dating to the Iron Age c. 1200-900 BC. My photos of 2014 at the British Museum. I don't know if they are shooting the lion or riding it! @british-museum.bsky.social 🏺
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What facilitated the emergence of social elites in Late #Neolithic Denmark? Analysis of monumental farmhouses suggests food production and control of surpluses was key, implying a powerful farmer elite displayed their status through food provisioning.
🆓 doi.org/10.15184/aqy...
🆓 doi.org/10.15184/aqy...
February 17, 2025 at 2:31 PM
What facilitated the emergence of social elites in Late #Neolithic Denmark? Analysis of monumental farmhouses suggests food production and control of surpluses was key, implying a powerful farmer elite displayed their status through food provisioning.
🆓 doi.org/10.15184/aqy...
🆓 doi.org/10.15184/aqy...
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Does anyone happen to have a good drawing of the central figure from this Parthian bowl from the National Museum of Asian Art, acc. no. S1987.114. I don't think I can fully make out the detail from the photos I have.
asia.si.edu/explore-art-...
#Parthian #AncientArt
asia.si.edu/explore-art-...
#Parthian #AncientArt
February 12, 2025 at 9:43 PM
Does anyone happen to have a good drawing of the central figure from this Parthian bowl from the National Museum of Asian Art, acc. no. S1987.114. I don't think I can fully make out the detail from the photos I have.
asia.si.edu/explore-art-...
#Parthian #AncientArt
asia.si.edu/explore-art-...
#Parthian #AncientArt
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Fellow NSA - National Security Agency veterans. Look at what’s happened at the National Cryptologic Museum. They covered up with brown paper the photos of Women in American Cryptology. All in response to President Trump’s anti-diversity executive order.
February 2, 2025 at 4:51 AM
Fellow NSA - National Security Agency veterans. Look at what’s happened at the National Cryptologic Museum. They covered up with brown paper the photos of Women in American Cryptology. All in response to President Trump’s anti-diversity executive order.
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An ammonite fossil, probably carved into a face during the Late Iron Age / Romano British period, with hair ingeniously styled from the shell
A #FindsFriday / #FossilFriday crossover 🤩
📷 Feb 2022
Found at Great Bedwyn and a favourite find in the always excellent @wiltshiremuseum.bsky.social
A #FindsFriday / #FossilFriday crossover 🤩
📷 Feb 2022
Found at Great Bedwyn and a favourite find in the always excellent @wiltshiremuseum.bsky.social
January 24, 2025 at 8:48 AM
An ammonite fossil, probably carved into a face during the Late Iron Age / Romano British period, with hair ingeniously styled from the shell
A #FindsFriday / #FossilFriday crossover 🤩
📷 Feb 2022
Found at Great Bedwyn and a favourite find in the always excellent @wiltshiremuseum.bsky.social
A #FindsFriday / #FossilFriday crossover 🤩
📷 Feb 2022
Found at Great Bedwyn and a favourite find in the always excellent @wiltshiremuseum.bsky.social
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This is the face of courage and compassion. Thank you Bishop Mariann Edgar Budde for speaking truth to power on behalf of the marginalized.
January 22, 2025 at 3:11 PM
This is the face of courage and compassion. Thank you Bishop Mariann Edgar Budde for speaking truth to power on behalf of the marginalized.
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In ancient Egypt, people drank low alcohol beer and wine to avoid the parasites in "raw water." The old graves, which I excavate, are full of children who died from diseases we now can vaccinate against. You are ghouls for promoting this garbage.
Untreated water enthusiasts swear by natural springs, or “raw water.” Many of them are part of the so-called health freedom movement, which opposes vaccine mandates, pasteurized milk and other government public health interventions.
‘Raw Water’ Devotees Swear by Natural Springs, Despite the Risks
Untreated water enthusiasts swear by natural springs. Their movement has parallels with raw milk drinkers and vaccine skeptics.
www.nytimes.com
December 31, 2024 at 9:34 PM
In ancient Egypt, people drank low alcohol beer and wine to avoid the parasites in "raw water." The old graves, which I excavate, are full of children who died from diseases we now can vaccinate against. You are ghouls for promoting this garbage.
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We normally determine the function of bitted groundstone tools by the shape & angle of the bit. Certain bit shapes & angles are more conducive to specific tasks than others. Of course, that doesn't mean that tool was only used for that purpose. #archaeology #lithics
December 21, 2024 at 9:49 PM
We normally determine the function of bitted groundstone tools by the shape & angle of the bit. Certain bit shapes & angles are more conducive to specific tasks than others. Of course, that doesn't mean that tool was only used for that purpose. #archaeology #lithics
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Evolution is over.*
*Evolution is not over
*Evolution is not over
Evolution's over, folks. Nothing more to see. At least as far as horses, elephants, cats, etc., are concerned. From palaeontologist Robert Broom's 1933 book The Coming of Man.
December 19, 2024 at 9:23 AM
Evolution is over.*
*Evolution is not over
*Evolution is not over
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“I think it’s increasingly likely that the modern humans who were beginning to emerge from Africa about 60,000 years ago were already producing figurative art, and we simply haven’t found the evidence yet.”
Cave Painting of Pigs Might Be the Oldest Known Artwork of Animals (2021) gizmodo.com/cave-paintin...
Cave Painting of Pigs Might Be the Oldest Known Artwork of Animals
A pig painting inside an Indonesian cave has been dated to 43,900 years old, making it among the oldest—if not the oldest—known figurative art piece in
gizmodo.com
December 19, 2024 at 8:39 AM
“I think it’s increasingly likely that the modern humans who were beginning to emerge from Africa about 60,000 years ago were already producing figurative art, and we simply haven’t found the evidence yet.”
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The ‘discovery’ of Piltdown Man was announced #OTD in 1912 www.nature.com/articles/492...
The 100-year mystery of Piltdown Man - Nature
Chris Stringer explains why the longest-running whodunnit in palaeontology is still worth solving.
www.nature.com
December 18, 2024 at 8:17 AM
The ‘discovery’ of Piltdown Man was announced #OTD in 1912 www.nature.com/articles/492...
#throwbacktuesday to my favorite part of doing my PhD: field surveys of quarries.
December 17, 2024 at 1:04 PM
#throwbacktuesday to my favorite part of doing my PhD: field surveys of quarries.
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Ancient Roman amphitheater in Croatia lights up as an ice rink
www.reuters.com/video/watch/...
www.reuters.com/video/watch/...
Ancient Roman amphitheater in Croatia lights up as an ice rink
The Adriatic town of Pula in northern Croatia lit up its ancient Roman amphitheater on Thursday (December 12), transforming it into a bustling ice rink. The historic site, the only one of its kind to have all four sides entirely preserved, has morphed from a venue of gladiator battles to an event venue for the Christmas season.
www.reuters.com
December 13, 2024 at 5:44 PM
Ancient Roman amphitheater in Croatia lights up as an ice rink
www.reuters.com/video/watch/...
www.reuters.com/video/watch/...
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“[w]e are not witnessing a patriarchy or a matriarchy. What we are seeing is perhaps more interesting—a society in which, in many areas, the question of whether you were a man or a woman did not determine the life you could lead.”
Çatalhöyük: Its Story Continues - JSTOR Daily
Our understanding of the Neolithic city of Çatalhöyük continues to evolve as archaeologists challenge inherited biases in the face of new material evidence.
daily.jstor.org
December 13, 2024 at 7:12 AM
“[w]e are not witnessing a patriarchy or a matriarchy. What we are seeing is perhaps more interesting—a society in which, in many areas, the question of whether you were a man or a woman did not determine the life you could lead.”
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Who are the pioneers of archaeology?
Addressing gender bias in our field means rethinking disciplinary history
Join us at WAC-10 for (Re)making History: Exploring the Archaeological Contributions of Women from Past to Present
worldarchaeologicalcongress.com/wac10/theme-...
Photo coriniummuseum
Addressing gender bias in our field means rethinking disciplinary history
Join us at WAC-10 for (Re)making History: Exploring the Archaeological Contributions of Women from Past to Present
worldarchaeologicalcongress.com/wac10/theme-...
Photo coriniummuseum
December 10, 2024 at 9:49 AM
Who are the pioneers of archaeology?
Addressing gender bias in our field means rethinking disciplinary history
Join us at WAC-10 for (Re)making History: Exploring the Archaeological Contributions of Women from Past to Present
worldarchaeologicalcongress.com/wac10/theme-...
Photo coriniummuseum
Addressing gender bias in our field means rethinking disciplinary history
Join us at WAC-10 for (Re)making History: Exploring the Archaeological Contributions of Women from Past to Present
worldarchaeologicalcongress.com/wac10/theme-...
Photo coriniummuseum
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This doesn’t remotely surprise me. “Poor workplace climate” doesn’t even begin to cover what some of us have experienced.
And that’s not even taking into account the institutional retaliation that can occur when women speak up about toxic workplaces.
And that’s not even taking into account the institutional retaliation that can occur when women speak up about toxic workplaces.
"Women full professors are 19% more likely than men at the same career stage to leave academia, as compared with 6% for women assistant professors and 10% for associates."
Women faculty feel ‘pushed’ from academia by poor workplace climate
The gender gap in faculty attrition worsens after tenure, according to a new study
www.science.org
December 10, 2024 at 8:18 AM
This doesn’t remotely surprise me. “Poor workplace climate” doesn’t even begin to cover what some of us have experienced.
And that’s not even taking into account the institutional retaliation that can occur when women speak up about toxic workplaces.
And that’s not even taking into account the institutional retaliation that can occur when women speak up about toxic workplaces.